February 12, 2021 “…a servant shall work for six years” Mishpatim 21:2

Reduced to a social service agency, the AFL-CIO remains an effective and compassionate advocate for workers. The Right’s demonization of organized labor, weaponized 40 years ago under Reagan, has been embraced, ironically, by a Jewish community that created organized labor and by so many people whose parents it rescued from exploitation.